strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
marriage of an Imperial princess to a subject
husband and wife; married couple
for dear life; barely escaping alive
appointment; assignment; promotion
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to pick a fight; to find fault
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
broken piece; below (a certain level, point, quantity, etc.); dropping below; illegal downloading and distribution of commercial software; warez
to overflow from something full
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
notice; attention; observation
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to tumble down; to roll down
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)